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Highlights from Day 5

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [1062]

Day 5 was really just pack up day. Most of the Yolngu clans left earlier in the day. After I realised that nothing much was happening I spent most of my morning getting my things ready as I was leaving that night. I took it pretty easy really. I was ... Read more >

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Highlights from Day 4

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [1277]

After getting my confidence from photographing the yellow mob the day before, another photographer and myself went out on a mission to find the red flag mob, and hopefully take their photograph, but after walking and walking and getting directions ... Read more >

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Highlights from Day 3

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [2271]

The yellow mob, the Yunupingu family (the royal family equivalent of Garma) were one of the highlights from my time at Garma. It’s a bit strange to say one family was a highlight, because all the clan groups and their dancing were a highlight. I suppose ... Read more >

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Highlights from Day 2

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [2420] | Comments [1]

The Key Forum is an important part of Garma. For 2007 the key issue was on ‘Indigenous health: real solutions for a chronic problem.’ Doctors, teachers and other experts in the area of indigenous health from around Australia and the world were invited ... Read more >

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Highlights from Day1

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [2968]

It was only in the morning that I realised I was actually in the VIP area. I had no idea. The VIP area was separated by a wire at neck height, with VIP paper signs stuck along it, so if anyone dared to break in they would get cloth-lined at the wire.... Read more >

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First Night

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 | By cameron | Views [1009]

After an exhausting day travelling from Melbourne to Adelaide, to Darwin and finally Darwin to Gove, I finally reached my destination. With three hours delay in total from the flights and such a long day travelling and sitting in airports it was definitely ... Read more >

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Gallery: Surfing

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 | By josdent | Photo Gallery

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Sydney

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [920] | Comments [1]

I take an overnight flight where they actually leave you alone to sleep - there's something to be said for the no frills, budget flight. My body feels like it's still in Asia but my mind is most definitely here, and it's hyper. I am incredibly excited ... Read more >

Gallery: Sydney

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Hey this place is big!
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Home again home again....

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 | By milyika | Views [494]

Now I'm back home I might have time to copy n paste all my emails that I was meaning to put on this page.... Hope you enjoy the photos - hope I get to tell you the stories in person some time xo

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Its Been A While!!!

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 | By leightheflea | Views [509] | Comments [3]

Heyyy. Its been a while since I updated this thing hasn’t it…so sorry about that!! Well there’s not much to say really…. The other weekend I went to the beach with a few people from my hostel and we had a huge BBQ I didn’t have much coz I was ... Read more >

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Part 1: What a way to go out.....

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1151] | Comments [1]

All they saw was our dust, gently settling on the dry chemical foam from the fire hydrants I had let off the night before. I was laughing from the moment Jess and Nina set fire to the oven (An unrelated event to my snow fall in a tropical winter) till ... Read more >

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Part 2: Out like a sucker!

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1963] | Comments [1]

So back off home it was. I was freed up for more rascalities when Rus chose to pursue the only single woman there that I had felt vaguely attracted to. The current terminal state of my libido meant that the attraction was based purely on reaching a ... Read more >

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